Re: Blog about sidebar

[Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>]

On 31/05/2013 Andre Fischer wrote:
> I am writing a blog post about the sidebar. Please have a look at [1].
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=the_sidebar_new_and_improved

Good to see it coming out at last!

All typos have already been reported, I just wonder whether you actually 
meant to say "but the content did already exist" or "but the concept did 
already exist" in the first paragraph.

In the last paragraph, I would replace
"OpenOffice is an open source project.  We don't want your money.  You 
can help us by telling us what you don't like and what you miss. Share 
your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."
with something softer (we can use money too!), like
"OpenOffice is an open source project.  You can contribute with monetary 
donations [link: http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html ] , 
but you can also contribute by telling us what you don't like and what 
you miss. Share your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."

Obviously, "Share your ideas" should tell how to do it. You mean in the 
comments below the post? To ooo-dev? In Bugzilla? Perhaps the comments 
are the best solution, but anything will be OK provided that we mention it.

In general, I see you adopted a semi-technical approach, where you 
introduce several important issues and discuss development issues too. I 
see room for another post (don't worry, I'm not asking you for it!) 
where we address the final user only, mainly with screenshots that 
expand on your existing remarks on the user interface and show how to 
use the sidebar. And I see room for a third post too, where we explain 
how extensions developers can use the Sidebar... but let's start with 
this post and the other ones will come.

Regards,
   Andrea.

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Re: Blog about sidebar

[Andre Fischer <aw...@gmail.com>]

On 02.06.2013 17:45, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 31/05/2013 Andre Fischer wrote:
>> I am writing a blog post about the sidebar. Please have a look at [1].
>> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=the_sidebar_new_and_improved 
>>
>
> Good to see it coming out at last!

:-)
I know, should have been sooner.  But it appears that I can only either 
write a blog post *or* implement a new feature :-(

>
> All typos have already been reported, I just wonder whether you 
> actually meant to say "but the content did already exist" or "but the 
> concept did already exist" in the first paragraph.

content

I am trying to elaborate that part of the sidebar is new while another 
part is not

I changed
     but the content did already exist
into
     but the content, the panels, did already exist
to make that a little bit more clear.


>
> In the last paragraph, I would replace
> "OpenOffice is an open source project.  We don't want your money. You 
> can help us by telling us what you don't like and what you miss. Share 
> your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."
> with something softer (we can use money too!), like
> "OpenOffice is an open source project.  You can contribute with 
> monetary donations [link: 
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html ] , but you can 
> also contribute by telling us what you don't like and what you miss. 
> Share your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."
>
> Obviously, "Share your ideas" should tell how to do it. You mean in 
> the comments below the post? To ooo-dev? In Bugzilla? Perhaps the 
> comments are the best solution, but anything will be OK provided that 
> we mention it.

I have changed the very last paragraph into

"Apache OpenOffice is an open source project.  You can help by telling 
us what you don't like and what you miss. Share your ideas about how to 
make the sidebar better. Write a comment in the comment section below or 
subscribe to our development mailing list 
<http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#development-mailing-list-public> 
if you are willing to invest a little more time. And we also accept 
donation <http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html>s 
<http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html> (not project 
specific)."

>
> In general, I see you adopted a semi-technical approach, where you 
> introduce several important issues and discuss development issues too. 
> I see room for another post (don't worry, I'm not asking you for it!) 
> where we address the final user only, mainly with screenshots that 
> expand on your existing remarks on the user interface and show how to 
> use the sidebar. And I see room for a third post too, where we explain 
> how extensions developers can use the Sidebar... but let's start with 
> this post and the other ones will come.

I do not feel able to provide the second blog post but was already 
thinking about the third.  I would first start with writing a Wiki page 
for sidebar extension developers and then would use a blog post for 
announcing/promoting it.

I would like to encourage everybody to write a blog post about the 
sidebar.  That is not just "my" feature.

-Andre

>
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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